Teqball World Championships

Teqball World Championships
Tournament information
Sport	Teqball
Established	2017
Current champion
	Men's singles; Apor Györgydeák; Women's singles; Jutatip Kuntatong; Men's doubles; Sorrasak Thaosiri / Jirati Chanliang ; Women's doubles; Jutatip Kuntatong / Suphawadi Wongkhamchan; Mixed doubles; Suphawadi Wongkhamchan / Phakpong Dejaroen

The Teqball World Championships, formerly the Teqball World Cup, is an international teqball tournament sanctioned by the International Teqball Federation (FITEQ).

History

The Teqball World Championships was first organized as the Teqball World Cup. The inaugural edition was held in Hungary in July 2017. This was followed by a tournament in Reims, France, the following year. In 2019, the tournament, now under its current name, returned to Hungary.^[1]

In 2020, the World Championship was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] The annual competition would be held again from 2021.^[3]

Editions

Edition	Year	Host City	Events	Top Nation
1	2017	Budapest, Hungary	2	Hungary
2	2018	Reims, France	2	Romania
3	2019	Budapest, Hungary	3	Hungary
4	2021	Gliwice, Poland	5	Hungary
5	2022	Nuremberg, Germany	5	Hungary
6	2023	Bangkok, Thailand	5	Thailand
7	2024	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	5	Thailand

Results

Men's singles


Year	Location	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Source
Year	Location	Champion	Result	Runner-up	Third place	Result	Fourth place	Source
2017	Budapest	Ádám Blázsovics Hungary	12–8, 12–9	Máté Szolga Hungary	Zsolt Lázár Romania	12–9, 12–5	Konstatinos Becas Greece	^[4]
2018	Reims	Barna Szécsi Romania	20–11, 20–15	Árpád Sipos Hungary	Adrian Duszak Poland	20–12, 20–10	Bogdan Marojević Montenegro	^[5]
2019	Budapest	Ádám Blázsovics Hungary	20–10, 20–9	Adrian Duszak Poland	Apor Györgydeák Romania	19–20, 20–5, 20–16	Bogdan Marojević Montenegro	^[6]
2021	Gliwice	Ádám Blázsovics Hungary	12–6, 10–12, 12–6	Julien Grondin France	Adrian Duszak Poland	9–12, 12–10, 12–10	Apor Györgydeák Romania	^[7]
2022	Nuremberg	Apor Györgydeák Romania	12–8, 12–6	Adrian Duszak Poland	Ádám Blázsovics Hungary	12–11, 12–6	Luka Pilić United States	^[8]
2023	Bangkok	Adrian Duszak Poland	12–10, 12–9	Apor Györgydeák Romania	Hugo Rabeux France	12–6, 12–3	Brian Mengel Thomsen Denmark	^[9]
2024	Ho Chi Minh City	Apor Györgydeák Romania	12–4, 12–2	Nikola Mitro Serbia	Boonkoom Tipwong (Thailand) Adrian Duszak (Poland)			^[10]

Women's singles


Year	Location	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Source
Year	Location	Champions	Result	Runners-up	Third place	Result	Fourth place	Source
2021	Gliwice	Anna Izsák Hungary	12–8, 12–7	Paulina Łeżak Poland	Carolyn Greco United States	12–5, 12–2	Natalia Guitler Brazil	^[11]
2022	Nuremberg	Carolyn Greco United States	12–4, 12–11	Anna Izsák Hungary	Rafaella Fontes Brazil	12–6, 12–6	Amélie Julian France	^[12]
2023	Bangkok	Rafaella Fontes Brazil	12–8,12–10	Jutatip Kuntatong Thailand	Kinga Barabasi Romania	12–11, 12–5	Carolyn Greco United States	^[13]
2024	Ho Chi Minh City	Jutatip Kuntatong Thailand	10–12, 12–10, 12-9	Rafaella Fontes Brazil	Kinga Barabasi (Romania) Paulina Łeżak (Poland)			^[14]

Men's doubles


Year	Location	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Source
Year	Location	Champions	Result	Runners-up	Third place	Result	Fourth place	Source
2017	Budapest	Romania Zsolt Lázár Barna Szécsi	12–10, 9–12, 12–9	Hungary Balázs Imreh Róbert Szepessy	Serbia Milan Lukić Saša Mirosavljević	12–9, 12–5	France Romain Gesmier Jonathan Siad	^[15]
2018	Reims	Montenegro Bogdan Marojević Nikola Mitro	19–20, 20–15, 22–20	Hungary Csaba Bányik Ádám Blázsovics	Romania Szabolcs Ilyés Zsolt Lázár	20–11, 20–11	Brazil Natalia Guitler Marcos Vieira da Silva	^[16]
2019	Budapest	Hungary Csaba Bányik Ádám Blázsovics	20–9, 20–18	Montenegro Bogdan Marojević Nikola Mitro	Romania Szabolcs Ilyés Zsolt Lázár	20–13, 20–19	France Julien Grondin Hugo Rabeux	^[17]
2021	Gliwice	Serbia Bogdan Marojević Nikola Mitro	12–7, 9–12, 12–3	Romania Apor Györgydeák Szabolcs Ilyés	Hungary Csaba Bányik Ádám Blázsovics	12–9, 12–10	Brazil Rodrigo Bento Medeiros Matheus Ferraz	^[18]
2022	Nuremberg	Serbia Bogdan Marojević Nikola Mitro	12–9, 11–12, 14–12	Hungary Ádám Bakó Ádám Blázsovics	Romania Apor Györgydeák Szabolcs Ilyés	12–11, 12–10	Brazil Rodrigo Bento Medeiros Matheus Ferraz	^[19]
2023	Bangkok	Hungary Csaba Bányik Balázs Katz	12–4,12–7	Brazil Rodrigo Bento Medeiros Matheus Ferraz	Thailand Phakpong Dejaroen Boonkoom Tipwong	12–10, 7–12, 12–8	Serbia Bogdan Marojević Nikola Mitro	^[20]
2024	Ho Chi Minh City	Thailand Sorrasak Thaosiri Jirati Chanliang	12–10,9–12,12–9	Poland Adrian Duszak Marek Pokwap	Declan Gonsalves / Anas Beg (India) Csaba Bányik / Balázs Katz (Hungary)			^[21]

Women's doubles


Year	Location	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Source
Year	Location	Champions	Result	Runners-up	Third place	Result	Fourth place	Source
2021	Gliwice	Brazil Natalia Guitler Rafaella Fontes	12–3, 6–12, 12–9	United States Carolyn Greco Margaret Osmundson	Romania Kinga Barabási Katalin Dakó	12–10, 11–12, 12–7	Hungary Anna Izsák Lea Vasas	^[22]
2022	Nuremberg	Hungary Zsanett Janicsek Lea Vasas	11–12, 12–7, 12–6	United States Carolyn Greco Margaret Osmundson	Brazil Natalia Guitler Rafaella Fontes	12–7, 11–12, 12–7	Romania Kinga Barabási Katalin Dakó	^[23]
2023	Bangkok	Thailand Suphawadi Wongkhamchan Jutatip Kuntatong	12–8,12–6	Hungary Petra Pechy Nora Vicsek	Brazil Ester Viana Mendes Vania Moraes Da Cruz	12–11, 12–5	United States Carolyn Greco Kimberly Baker	^[24]
2024	Ho Chi Minh City	Thailand Jutatip Kuntatong Suphawadi Wongkhamchan	12–9, 12–9	Hungary Petra Pechy Krisztina Acs	Nanna Lind Kristensen / Mira Fænø Dahlmann (Denmark) Vania Moraes Da Cruz / Ester Viana Mendes (Brazil)			^[25]

Mixed doubles


Year	Location	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Source
Year	Location	Champions	Result	Runners-up	Third place	Result	Fourth place	Source
2019	Budapest	Brazil Natalia Guitler Marcos Vieira da Silva	20–15, 19–20, 20–14	Hungary Zsanett Janicsek Csaba Bányik	Montenegro Maja Umićević Nikola Mitro	20–13, 20–14	Romania Mitri Rita Zsolt Lázár	^[26]
2021	Gliwice	Hungary Zsanett Janicsek Csaba Bányik	12–10, 12–9	Brazil Vania Moraes da Cruz Leonardo Lindoso De Almeida	Romania Tünde Miklós Apor Györgydeák	12–10, 11–12, 12–7	United States Margaret Osmundson Luka Pilic	^[27]
2022	Nuremberg	Hungary Ádám Bakó Lea Vasas	12–6, 12–11	Brazil Leonardo Lindoso De Almeida Vania Moraes da Cruz	Poland Adrian Duszak Alicja Bartnicka	12–4, 12–9	Serbia Nikola Mitro Maja Umićević	^[28]
2023	Bangkok	Thailand Phakpong Dejaroen Suphawadi Wongkhamchan	12–4, 12–9	Brazil Leonardo Lindoso De Almeida Vania Moraes da Cruz	Hungary Csaba Bányik Krisztina Acs	12–5, 8–12, 12–2	Poland Marek Pokwap Alicja Bartnicka	^[29]
2024	Ho Chi Minh City	Thailand Suphawadi Wongkhamchan Phakpong Dejaroen	10–12, 12–4, 12–10	Hungary Balázs Katz Krisztina Acs	Kinga Barabasi / Apor Györgydeák (Romania) Amelie Julian / Hugo Rabeux (France)			^[30]

Medal table

Multiple medalists

Top medalists ordered by number of gold medals at the Teqball World Championships are listed below. 11 men and 8 women won at least one gold medal.

Men

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ádám Blázsovics	Hungary	2017	2022	4	2	2	8
2	Csaba Bányik	Hungary	2018	2024	3	2	3	8
3	Nikola Mitro	Montenegro Serbia	2018	2024	3	2	1	6
4	Bogdan Marojević	Montenegro Serbia	2018	2022	3	1	0	4
5	Apor Györgydeák	Romania	2019	2024	2	2	4	8
6	Phakpong Dejaroen	Thailand	2023	2024	2	0	1	3
7	Barna Szécsi	Romania	2017	2018	2	0	0	2
8	Adrian Duszak	Poland	2018	2024	1	3	4	8
9	Balázs Katz	Hungary	2023	2024	1	1	1	3
10	Ádám Bakó	Hungary	2022	2022	1	1	0	2
11	Zsolt Lázár	Romania	2017	2019	1	0	3	4

Women

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Suphawadi Wongkhamchan	Thailand	2023	2024	4	0	0	4
2	Jutatip Kuntatong	Thailand	2023	2024	3	1	0	4
3	Rafaella Fontes	Brazil	2021	2024	2	1	2	5
4	Zsanett Janicsek	Hungary	2019	2022	2	1	0	3
5	Natalia Guitler	Brazil	2019	2022	2	0	1	3
6	Lea Vasas	Hungary	2022	2022	2	0	0	2
7	Carolyn Greco	United States	2021	2022	1	2	1	4
8	Anna Izsák	Hungary	2021	2022	1	1	0	2

Participating nations

The following nations have taken part in the Teqball World Championships.

Nation	2017	2018	2019	2021	2022	Years
Afghanistan			X			1
Albania		X				1
Algeria		X	X	X	X	4
Argentina			X			1
Armenia					X	1
Aruba		X	X			2
Austria					X	1
Bahrain			X			1
Belarus			X			1
Belgium		X	X	X	X	4
Brazil	X	X	X	X	X	5
Bulgaria			X	X	X	3
Canada			X		X	1
Cameroon		X	X	X	X	4
Cape Verde			X			1
China		X	X			2
Cook Islands			X			1
Czech Republic		X	X	X	X	4
Denmark				X	X	2
Djibouti			X			1
Egypt			X			1
England		X	X			2
Finland		X				1
France	X	X	X	X	X	5
Germany		X	X		X	3
Ghana			X			1
Greece	X	X				2
Guinea-Bissau			X			1
Hungary	X	X	X	X	X	5
India			X		X	2
Ireland		X	X			2
Israel		X	X			2
Italy		X	X		X	3
Ivory Coast			X			1
Jamaica			X			1
Japan	X	X	X		X	4
Jordan			X			1
Kazakhstan			X			1
Kosovo				X	X	2
Kuwait		X	X		X	3
Lebanon		X		X	X	3
Luxembourg	X	X			X	3
Madagascar			X			1
Malaysia		X	X			2
Malta		X				1
Mexico		X	X			2
Moldova				X	X	2
Morocco		X	X			2
Monaco		X				1
Montenegro		X	X		X	3
Netherlands		X				1
New Caledonia		X	X			2
Nigeria			X			1
Northern Ireland		X				1
North Macedonia			X		X	2
Norway			X	X	X	3
Pakistan		X	X			2
Panama			X			1
Poland	X	X	X	X	X	5
Portugal	X	X	X	X	X	5
Romania	X	X	X	X	X	5
Russia		X	X			2
RTA				X		1
Scotland		X	X			2
Slovakia			X			1
Spain	X	X	X	X	X	5
Sweden		X				1
Senegal			X	X	X	3
Serbia	X	X	X	X	X	5
Thailand					X	1
Togo			X			1
Tunisia		X	X	X	X	4
Ukraine		X	X	X	X	4
United States			X	X	X	3
Wales		X	X			2

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